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Biography
Jan Kjærstad is recorded as having received Dobloug Prize, Nordic Council Literature Prize and Aschehoug Prize.
Jan Kjærstad at Kraft Litteraturfestival 2022
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Works
Mr. The Norwegian feeling for real.
The Discoverer
Slekters gang
En tid for å leve
Woolf
Forføreren
De ontdekker
Menneskets vidde
El seductor
Det store eventyret
Homo falsus, eller, Det perfekte mord
Jakten på de skjulte vaffelhjertene
Jeg er brødrene Walker
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The Discoverer
Slekters gang
En tid for å leve
Woolf
Forføreren
De ontdekker
Menneskets vidde
El seductor
Det store eventyret
Homo falsus, eller, Det perfekte mord
Jakten på de skjulte vaffelhjertene
Jeg er brødrene Walker
Kloden dreier stille rundt
Kongen av Europa
Menneskets felt
Menneskets matrise
Menneskets nett
Oppdageren
Rand
Tegn til kjærlighet
Speil
Erobreren
Normans område
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1953
Jan Kjærstad was born in 1953 at Oslo.
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- Oslo
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Jan Kjærstad received Dobloug Prize, Nordic Council Literature Prize, Aschehoug Prize, Thorleif Dahl's prize, Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment and Commander of the Order of St. Olav.
Primary material
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scholarly publication
- Jan Kjærstad, Kindler kompakt: skandinavische literatur 20. jahrhundert, 2017
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2017
- Jan Kjærstad, Migration and Literature, 2008
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2008
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q473196: Jan Kjærstad
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Jan Kjærstad”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Literature
Bibliography
Kjærstad, Jan: Rand, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Kjærstad, Jan: Die Wergeland-Trilogie, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020.
Kjærstad, Jan, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020
Jan Kjærstads roman Berge
En åpning av den offentlige samtalen om terrorangrepene 22. Juli 2011?, Edda, 2019
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Jan Kjærstad, Migration and Literature, 2008Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q473196: Jan KjærstadWikimedia Foundation
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